Dear Colleagues,
The Journal of Information is doing a special issue on
information design models and processes.
The call for papers follows.
Ken Friedman
Call for Papers
Journal of Digital Information announces a Special Issue on
Information Design Models and Processes
Special issue Editor: David Lowe
University of Technology, Sydney
Submission deadline: 15 December 2003
Publication: April 2004
Submissions are invited for a special issue of the Information
Management theme of JoDI on information design models and processes.
A crucial aspect of Web systems is the way in which information is
utilised and managed. Recent work on areas as diverse as topic maps,
information architectures, adaptation of UML, agile development
methods such as extreme programming, and modelling for the semantic
Web, have all contributed to an emerging understanding of how to
design the information structures that underpin the Web (and of
course much of this work has in turn been informed by research in
areas like hypertext and HCI). Despite this the research outcomes
have had questionable impact on current commercial practice -
something of significant concern as Web systems mature and become an
increasingly integral element of our social infrastructure.
Much work remains on supporting the wide adoption of emerging
modelling approaches and development processes. There are numerous
unanswered questions around aspects such as: what these models ought
to capture; how they relate information design to functional design;
and how the design process accommodates changing client and developer
understanding of information designs during the development. This
special issue will focus on how this body of work might best support
practical improvement to Web system development.
For more details on indicative topics and submission, see the full call
http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/calls/infomodels.html
All submissions will be subject to peer review.
The Journal of Digital Information is an electronic journal published
only via the Web. JoDI is currently free to all users thanks to
support from the British Computer Society and Oxford University Press.
http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
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